Evening Star Newspaper, October 8, 1927, Page 5

KUHNE DEATH CASE WILL OPEN MONDAY Thomas Davis;: Alleged Con- fessed Slayer, Held at La Plata Jail. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. UPPER MARLBORO. Md., October | &—Trial of Thomas Davis, colored,| who, police say, confessed to the mur: | der of Daniel Kuhne, a farmer, at| his home, near Rosaryville, last Christ- | Mas eve and to the firing of Kuhne's | home, probably will start Monday in the Prince George's County Circuit Court here, according to ttor- ney J. Frank Parran. Davis been In the Charles County Jail, at La Plata, since the trial was postponed some time ago. Mr. Parran states that this probably will be the only criminal trial to come before the court until the lat- ter part of next week. Returning a number of indictments, nd jury adjourned yesterda until Monday, when it is expected to complete its work. Indictments Are Returned. Indictments announced yesterday fncluded the following: Benjamin Tapscott, malicious destruction Gordon Dent, Fral chols, ass: with intent to Kkill; Pierce Shaffe manslaughter; David Jones, burglar Albert Williams, colored, murder: lld_] Wells, Wilson Hart, larceny Dennis Dorsett, larceny; 5 gault with intent to kill; r Munford, colored, | Cecil Renno, Steven Johnson, J ph Murphy, Carlton W liams, assault with intent to rob:; Mo ris H. larceny; James Love, as- fault with intent to kill, and Charles | Darnell, larceny. | Following is the second week's petit -, which begins its duties Monday: | mes A. West, Peter W. Compton Everard Hatch, Bernard N. Co Joseph G. Kline, sr.; Franklin Robin ‘son, Howard H. Sheriff, Guy N. Col- Jine, Thomas Eccles, Lewis Pollock, Willlam D. Herbert, John C. Jones, Thomas C. Foreacre, Jesse P. Dove, Frank Robinson, J. A. H. Simpson, Walter Townshend, John R. Baker-| smith, James H. Baines, Charles| Teske, Albert J. Fierstein, William M. | Tayman, Charles A. Ryon, Leigh R.| Keech and Hunter C. Hibbert. Cases thus far disposed of follow: Harry Kans vs. Benjamin H. Noel. | Action to recover damages for removal of pool tables from room rented from | Kans at Capitol Heights. Jury trial. | Verdict of $200 damages for Noel. | Commercial Credit Co. vs. J. O. Hol- | brook, sr. Action to recover damages | for balance due on automobile note. | Jury trial. Verdict for Holbrook. Charges Are Quashed. State vs. Bernard Walker. Liquor ease. Jury trial. Found not guilty. State vs. Howard Leadman. Appeal case, charged with having liquor for sale in his possession. Motion made by defendant's attorney to quash indict- ment was granted by court. State vs. O. E. Arnold and George Cady, charged with contempt of court for non-appearance. Fined $5 and oosts each. State vs. Richard Hayes. Appeal case. Plead guilty and fined $25 and costs. State vs. William Henry Allen. Ap- peal case. Plead guilty and fined $200 and costs. State vs. A. L. Mikules. Appeal case. Plead guilty and fined $5 and costs. State vs. John Brooks. -Appeal case. Plead guilty and fined $75 and costs. State vs. William J. Havor. Plead guiity on four counts and fined $92 and costs. FUGITIVE CAUGHT AFTER HOT CHASE After an exciting chase through the streets of the downtown section in a taxicab and on foot Detective Sergt. Larry O'Day yesterday afternoon took into custody William Joseph Carpen- ter, 19 years old, of 491 H street southwest, an usher at the Fox Thea- ter, where the chase began. Carpen- ter was finally caught in the Franklin School Administration Building on Thirteenth street between I and K streets and held for investigation. Sergt. O'Day had been investigat- ing reports of thefts from the dressing rooms of the Fox Theater. He was told yesterday by an attendant that there was a man in one of the rooms. The detective entered the room and a2 man fled, turning down Four- teenth street to Pennsylvania avenue. The fleeing man jumped into a taxi- cab at Fifteenth street and Pennsyl- ‘vania avenue, and O'Day jumped into another cab and went in pursuit. The taxicabs dashed to Twelfth and G streets, where the pursued and pur- suer alighted and continued the race on foot. The fleeing man ran for the Franklin School Building, where O’Day caught him. Several persons on the street joined in the chase. o The knicker-dress has appeared in | London. | 1ard of | Heads Wire Section WORTH ROGERS. ROGERS IS HONORED BY RAILWAY GROUP St. Louis Man Elected Chairman of T. & T. Section of Ameri- can Association. Worth Rogers of St. Louis, tele graph and telephone engineer of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, was elected chairman for the coming ar of the telegraph and telephona section of the American Railway Association at the closing session Thursday at the Wil- leventh annual convention. Mr. Rogers succeeds J. A. Jones, gen- eral superintendent of telegraph of the Southern Railway, who has been chairman for the past year. Other officers elected were: First vice chairman, John McMillan of Mon- treal, Canada, seneral manager of telegraphs of the Canadian Pacific chairman, E. C. Keenan of New York, general su- perintendent of telegraph and tele- phone, New York Central lines. The next convention will be held at San Fre Delegates today were engaged in sightseeing trips and planned with other things to lay wreaths on the tombs of \Washington at Mount Ver- non and the Unknown Soldier at Ar- lington. D. C. REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS PREDICTED Commissioners’ Job Hard One With No Voice in Obtaining Needs, City Club Told. Facing the three District Commis- eioners, who were guests at the first Fall luncheon of the City Club Forum in the City Club yesterday, Maurice Rosenberg, the presiding of- ficer, told the city's executives that their job is a hard one, due to the District having no representation in Congre He also predicted that eventually the District will have na- tional representation “in order to get those things it needs.” An_address also was delivered at the luncheon by Willlam Burruss, sales and industrial engineer, who emphasized the importance of people choosing the vocations to which one is suited and then working hard at them. The meeting was called to order by 'Rudolph Jose, who introduced George Offutt, chairman of the City Club Forum committee. The latter introduced Mr. Rosenberg. Seeking an Apartment? Then Don't Search in the Dark Send for this twenty-three page booklet listing exactly what is available in apartments of all sizes, in all locations, at all prices. 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